UINTA-WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST, Utah-The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest has announced several new jobs on the Heber-Kamas District. The job openings become available March 25 and can be applied for through April 5, 2021. Those interested may apply by searching in usajobs.gov by the announcement numbers and apply for the positions. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah‘s mask mandate will end April 10 after Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed a bill Wednesday laying out a new timeline for lifting some of the state’s covid-19 restrictions. Masks orders will remain in place for schools and gatherings of more than 50 people, and businesses […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lawsuits are mounting against Las Vegas-based bottled water brand, Real Water, amid a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation and accusations by more people in more states that it caused liver illness and other ailments. A Nevada man’s case blamed the product for his liver transplant in […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thirteen states sued the Biden administration Wednesday to end a suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water and to reschedule canceled sales of leases in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska waters and western states. The Republican-leaning states, led by Louisiana Attorney […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Wednesday, covid-19 statistics were updated for Utah and Wasatch County. Utahns fully vaccinated: 438,900 (13.1 percent of all Utahns) Wasatch County residents fully vaccinated: 4,669 (12.9 percent of Wasatch County residents) Utah recovery percentage: 96.7 [96.74] percent (370,275-382,733) Wasatch County recovery percentage: 97.2 [97.16] percent (4,316-4,442) Utah active […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) —Communities downwind from the first atomic test in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945, want compensation for health effects they say have spanned generations due to fallout from the blast, dubbed the Trinity Test. They say their communities have been plagued by cancer, birth defects […]
WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported three new COVID-19 cases but no additional deaths. It was the third consecutive day that the tribe has not recorded a coronavirus-related death. The death toll remains at 1,233 since the pandemic began with the number of confirmed cases at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is a step closer to requiring all cellphones and tablets sold in the state to automatically block pornography after Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed legislation Tuesday that critics call a significant intrusion of free speech. Cox has said the measure would send an […]
Tuesday covid-19 statistics for Utah/Wasatch County Utahns fully vaccinated: 429,306 (12.9 percent of Utah County residents) Wasatch County residents fully vaccinated: 4,421 (12.2 percent of Wasatch County residents) Utah recovery percentage: 96.7 [96.69] percent (369,558-382,171) Wasatch County recovery percentage: 97.3 [97.29] percent (4,316-4,436) Utah active case percentage: 2.8 [2.76] percent […]
SALT LAKE CITY — James Huntsman, a member of one of Utah’s most prominent families and brother of a former governor, sued The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accusing it of fraud and seeking to recover millions of dollars in contributions. The federal lawsuit, filed Monday, asserts that […]
